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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (98689)	5/20/2003 10:28:34 PM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 281500

Insufficient policing is a bad thing. But it's not a war crime. If it was, the UN commanders at Srebrenica would have to be among the first tried. For some reason, I doubt that many around the world are going to be calling for that trial. Slacker

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (98689)	5/21/2003 6:18:23 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

I knew it, I knew it! we are torturing Iraqi Prisoners! Prisoners broken by heavy metal and Sesame Street May 20 2003 - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD US interrogators in Baghdad are using a mix of heavy metal songs and the Sesame Street theme tune to break Iraqi captives. American officials said subjecting prisoners to long sessions of the "culturally offensive" music encouraged them to talk. "These people haven't heard heavy metal before," Sergeant Mark Hadsell told Newsweek magazine. "They can't take it." The interrogators' favourite tracks include Metallica's Enter Sandman and the Drowning Pool song Bodies, from the Vin Diesel action film XXX. They also use children's music, such as the famous Can You Tell Me How To Get To Sesame Street theme, and a selection of songs from Barney, the jolly purple dinosaur. EDIT: Amnesty International, the self-styled "human rights group," has descended into self-parody. "said such tactics may constitute torture." This story was found at: smh.com.au <http://server-au.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/count?url=&rnd=1053511739420&cid=au_f2_SMH-Printer&ref=http%3A//www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/19/1053196533992.html&sr=sr1024x768:cd16:lgen-US:jey:cky:tz-10:ctna:hpna>

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (98689)	5/21/2003 10:22:07 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

Palestinians in Gaza Turn Anger on Militants By Ibrahim Barzak Associated Press - WASHINGTON POST Wednesday, May 21, 2003; Page A21 Nice to read, but I wouldn't get my hopes up.< BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip, May 20 -- Hundreds of Palestinians burned tires and blocked a main road today in a rare burst of anger at militants whom they blamed for provoking Israeli military attacks by firing rockets into Israel from their town. The protest erupted two hours after Israeli troops withdrew from this Gaza Strip town, ending a five-day takeover during which they flattened orchards, demolished 15 homes, knocked over garden walls, tore up streets and damaged the sewerage, water and electricity systems. The Israeli military said much of the destruction, especially of homes and orchards, was aimed at depriving Palestinian militants of cover. In an unusual protest, about 600 Beit Hanoun residents blocked a main thoroughfare with trash cans, rocks and burning tires to show their anger at the militants and Palestinian Authority officials. "They claim they are heroes," Mohammed Zaaneen, 30, a farmer, said of the militants as he carried rocks into the street. "They brought us only destruction and made us homeless. They used our farms, our houses and our children . . . to hide." REST AT:http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A17589-2003May20?language=printer